Defy The Alpha(s) novel Chapter 186

Chapter 186: The Princess

"Impossible!"

"Slap me!"

"No way!"

All three girls shouted in unison, their voices overlapping in shock, disbelief, and pure astonishment.

Violet’s pulse was thundering in her ears. Her gut had told her from the very beginning that something was off about Lila, yet nothing had prepared her for this. Lila? A Fae? It was mind blowing.

"This is mental!" Daisy exclaimed, nearly tearing at her own hair as if that would help her smart brain process the situation.

"This shouldn’t be possible! Fae don’t exist! They’re nothing more than stories from mythology classes but here you are, standing right in front of us... in the flesh and blood..." She trailed off, tentatively poking Lila on the face.

The moment her fingertips met Lila’s skin, she gasped. "Fuck! You’re real!"

Lila’s eyes twinkled with amusement.

"Oh, faeries are very much real. We just don’t mingle much. Bad history and all, especially with humans. So we keep to ourselves, hidden and safe."

"Humans don’t like the unpredictable,"

Violet pointed out, arms crossed as she processed this revelation. "Especially when it comes to creatures with supernatural abilities they can’t control."

Lila grinned at her. "Bingo."

While Violet and Daisy were busy wrapping their heads around the whole thing, Ivy had a completely different approach. She circled Lila slowly, eyes narrowing as she scrutinized every inch of her Fae features like she was studying an ancient artifact in a museum.

"Your ears," Ivy finally breathed, her fascination barely hidden. "Are they real?"

Lila raised a brow. "You’re staring at them right now, Ivy. What do you think?"

Ivy bit her lip unsure before reaching out. But realizing that might be rude, she caught Lila’s gaze. "Can I touch them?"

Lila shrugged. "Sure."

Ivy’s fingers ghosted over the side of her ear, her eyes widening as she made contact. She had expected something unnatural, like hard cartilage or an inhuman texture, but instead they were soft. The skin was warm and smooth and wasn’t much different from her own ears, just... shaped differently.

"Damn," Ivy whispered, the texture fascinating her.

As she continued trailing her fingers up and down, Lila suddenly let out a bubbling laugh, her shoulders shaking.

"That tickles!" she admitted, laughing.

Encouraged by her reaction, Ivy grew bolder, tracing the delicate curve before finally brushing against the very tip— snap!

Ivy yelped, jerking her hand away as Lila bared her fangs, an aggressive snarl rumbling from her throat. Her usually warm violet eyes had darkened with warning.

The room fell into stunned silence as it dawned on them that Lila nearly bit Ivy’s hand off.

Violet and Daisy instinctively tensed, exchanging wary glances. They were sharing a room with a creature powerful enough to kill them in the blink of an eye. Suddenly, that didn’t seem like such a great idea anymore.

Lila, realizing what she had done, quickly took a step back and lifted her hands in a placating gesture.

"I’m so sorry," she said with genuine remorse.

"What the hell was that?" Ivy demanded, still recovering from her near-death experience. Kind of. Losing a finger was as good as death to her.

"I should have warned you." Lila sighed, rubbing the back of her neck awkwardly. "That spot is... sensitive. It’s an erogenous zone for us. Only our mate is supposed to touch it."

"Noted. No more touching... ever again," She nodded slowly, completely flustered. _{freēwēbηovel.c૦m}